does insulin syringe actually matter or is it forum lore at this point
Right, the units question again, but with numbers this time.
I have 23 data points over 4 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign.
The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am describing showed up at week 84, not week 38. People give up long before the interesting part.
Interested in whether this matches other people's logs or whether I am an outlier.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
This is an urgent-care question wearing a forum question's clothes. Please contact a clinician rather than waiting for replies.
never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration
dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which
never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration
Adding to this: dead space is doing more work than the comment implies.
Not to be pedantic but insulin syringe and bacteriostatic water are being used interchangeably and they are not interchangeable in real life.
15mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 15/2 — write it on the vial afterwards
Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.
dead space is real and the syringe matters
dead space is real and the syringe matters
Disagree on that part. 97.9% and 97.6% on the same vial is normal.
This is correct. 1mL versus 6mL is the common mistake.
Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.
Are you using a u-100 or u-40 syringe? That changes everything.
bacteriostatic and sterile water are not interchangeable, do not use them that way
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